The Washington Post [29th May 2005]
The big break of a writer’s career comes — unexpectedly — at a wild, drunken party in a remote Thai village.
“Shun security,” I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. “Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn’t agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.”
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John Burdett practiced law for 14 years in London and Hong Kong until he was able to retire to write full time. He has lived in France, Spain, Hong Kong and the U.K. and now commutes between Bangkok and Southwest France.